Essential Question

How do society's stereotypes and assumptions affect our sense of self worth?

Standards


CCSS RI 12-1 Students will draw inferences from the text and support with text evidence.
Synthesizing ideas from multiple sources to form an argument


Bell Work: Opening Adjective


In the model, identify the opening adjectives. Next, combine the list of sentences to imitate the model. Finally, write your own imitation of the model and identify any opening adjectives.



MODEL: Dark, velvety, the beauty of his mustache was enhanced by his strong clean-shaven chin.

-Toni Morrison, Beloved



a. His cautionary steps were slow.

b. His cautionary steps were weary.

c. His cautionary steps were caused by something.

d. The cause was the surrounding overexcited horses.

Putting It All Together

Use your texts from this unit, thoughts from our class discussions, and your own experience to carefully complete the graphic organizer. How would you put an essay together that responds to the prompt:

How do society's stereotypes and assumptions affect our personal identities and sense of self worth?


Mini-Lesson: Writing the Perfect Detail/Evidence Sentences



Drafting

Work on your first draft. Your body paragraphs should use that PEE format. Make sure to use embedded quotations and signal phrases for your evidence sentences!